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(Source: ILO - International Labour Organization ) GENEVA - Well designed social protection policies, sensitive to children's needs, can make a real difference in the fight to eradicate child labour, said the International Labour Organization on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour. According to the latest ILO global estimates, the total number of child labourers fell...

Joint Statement on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour (12 June), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton, Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for...

Child rights experts on Thursday reiterated fixing minimum age of child labour at 18 years and urged holding a survey to determine the number of children employed in the country. At a meet jointly held by NCPCR, UNICEF and ILO to mark the World Day Against Child Labour, experts also recommended linking labour laws to Right to Education. Currently, there is no minimum age of...

Joint Statement on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour (12 June), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton, Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for...

As billions of people prepare for the opening of the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in Brazil on 12 June, the International Labour Organization - the UN's agency for the world of work, will launch the 2014 edition of its Red Card to Child Labour Campaign. With 168 million children in child labour worldwide, the ILO will use the iconic red card symbol to signal that child labour...

12 June 2014  United Nations officials today marked the World Day Against Child Labour by highlighting the crucial role of social protection in keeping boys and girls out of a heinous practice that robs them of their childhood and threatens their prospects for a better future. The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 168 million children worldwide – one in...

Around the world, large numbers of children are engaged in paid or unpaid domestic work in the home of a third party or employer. These children can be particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Their work is often hidden from the public eye and they may be isolated and/or working far away from their family home. Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that...

World Day Against Child Labour - Chutti Vikatan

The World Day Against Child Labour is an International Labour Organization–sanctioned holiday for the purpose of raising awareness and activism to prevent child labour in both economic and military fields. It is currently held each June 12. The ILO created this observance in 2002 and it has been held annually since then.

The creation of this international awareness day was spurred by the ratifications of ILO Convention 138 on the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention 182 on forms of child labour.

Burton High Fives - Competitions Start Tomorrow

Press Release: TUNE IN: Watch the Second Annual Burton High Fives snowboarding competition LIVE on on September 12 and 13 WHAT: The second annual Burton 'High Fives' presented by MINI snowboarding competition, is now underway at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand. A live webcast of the slopestyle and halfpipe competitions will be on with the slopestyle coverage... more